diff --git a/roles/mariadb_server/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mariadb_server/tasks/main.yml
index c297c2a399..494020e2ec 100644
--- a/roles/mariadb_server/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mariadb_server/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 - name: ensure packages required for mariadb are installed
-  package: name={{ item }} state=present
-  with_items:
+  package:
+    state: present
+    name: 
     - mariadb-server
     - MySQL-python
   when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int < 22
 
 - name: ensure packages required for mariadb are installed
-  dnf: name={{ item }} state=present
-  with_items:
+  package:
+    state: present
+    name:
     - mariadb-server
     - MySQL-python
   when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int > 21 and ansible_cmdline.ostree is not defined